Adjustable liner for linotype-machines.



No. 886,849. PATENTED NOV. 20, 1906.

' L, WARD, ADJUSTABLE LINER FOR LINOTYPB MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED APR.30,1904.

UNITED srirrns learner enrich.

I LlNOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATE @131 OF NEW YQRK.

ADJUSTflBLE LINER FGR MNQETYFEWMAGHlNEQ.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 80; 19b6.

Application filed April 30, 1904. Serial No. 205,705.

To (ZZZ whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, LEWIS WARD, a resi.

dent of Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Liners forLinotype-Machines; and I do here-' by declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to an improvementin" adjustable slotted molds suchas are used in linotype-machines to form the linotype-slugs orline-printing bars, the object being to perhalt the adjustment of themold in order to vary the size of its slot and of the slugs cast thereinin a cheaper and more simple manner than heretofore practiced.

As shown, for example, in Letters Patent of the United States No. 620,80linotype molds consist of a body portion, an overlying cap, and twointermediate liners or spacingpieces, which determine both the lengthand.-

the width of the slot.

Heretofore it has been the usual practice to effect a change in thelength of the mold slot by removing the liner at one end andsubstituting another of diilerent length. When a change in the width ofthe slot was required, both liners were removed and replaced by othersof a thickness corresponding to that of the required slug. This practicenecessitated the employment of a large number of expensive liners inorder to meet. the various requirements of the printer. To overcome thisdiiliculty, I make use of composite liners, adjustable in length andalso adjustable in thickness, so that a single liner will serve toadjust the mold-slot at on e i nd both as to length and width.

The details of construction may be variously modified without departingfrom the limits of my invention.

In the accompanying drawings 1 have represented a construction which inpractice has given good results.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a linotype-mold having myimproved liner therein. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a mold, showingthe members of the mold and liner separated. Figs. 3, 4., and 5 are persectiveviews showing the various parts of t e liner.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the.

body or baseportion of the mold 2, the overlying adjustable cap, and 3a. liner located be.-

tween the capand body, with a transverse I rib fitting into the latterand serving to determine the distance between them and also to form one,end of the mold slot or cell 15, i which the slug or linotype is cast.

The foregoing. parts are of ordinary construction. The cap and bodyniustbe sepa rated by liners at both ends. Heretofore it has been customaryto employ at solid liner similar to the liner 3. using a second solidliner I provide a composite liner, consisting of the principal mamers aand b andone or more supplemental members lb. The parts a and bconstitute the main portion of the liner and are to beused without thesupplemental members for casting thin slugs. The part a 1s constructedwith a transverse rib 5, seated in a corresponding recess in the body ofthe mold for the purpose of holding it against longitudinal movement andof lieepmg it properly in line.

the lefta Instead of.

The outer or thicker end of this liner is of the same thickness as theliner 3 and determines the distance between the mold-cap and body. Theinner end 6 of the member a is reduced in width and in thickness, sothat it forms along horizontal tongue. The member I) has its inner endand longitudinal edges of the same thickness as the outer end of themember aand is formed in its upper face with a longitudinal grooveadapted to receive the tongue 6 of themcmber a, and also provided with aseries of holes or notches 9, to receive a stud 8 on the tongue. Whenthe tongue of the m ember (t is seated in the groove of the in ember b,the two constitute jointly a liner of variable length, which maybeseated between the cap and. the mold and the inner end of which willform one end of the mold slot or cell, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

"When the length oi the slot is to be increased or diminished, the lineris removed edgewise from the mold, or released by lifting the mold-cap,and the member b moved forward or backward in relation to the member {1.until the distance between the inner ends oi the two liners equals thelength of the required slug. The holes 9. are commonly.

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me or standard. As regards the liner of variable length, it is onlynecessary that its members should be'made in such form and connected insuchmanner that the inner end should be movable forward and backward atwill to/vary the length of the mold-slot. It

Will be seen that the member 0 serves not only to aidin. supporting thecap and determin-- 'ing the width-0f the mold-slot, but also to uide themovable member b and prevent'it roin moving either endwise or edgewiseout -of 'theiequil'ed position.

When it is required to change the'vertical width of the mold-slot'inorder to produce slugs ofianother thickness, I use one or more of thesupplemental plates or liners 10, seating the same on top of the membersa and b, its-shown in the drawings. This supplemental plate is'providedwith studs 1], adapted to enter corresponding holes in the member 7),whereby it is kept in proper osition without changing its length, theliner 3 is rethereon; The inner or operative en s of the members b andH) are of like form and stand in line, so that they jointly form the endof the mold slot or cell. There may be any de sired number of the dates10, of the same or of" different thickness, and they may be placed oneupon another.

When the adjustable liner is varied in thickness, as described, whichmaybedone moved and another of a thickness corre- .sponding to that ofthe composite liner inl serted. Instead of replacing the liner 3 byanother of different thickness the supplemeneeasae tal plates 10 ofsuitable'form, may be'used thereon to increase its thickness, as in thecase of the composite liner. c

When the liner is extended, as shown in Fig. 2, a space is left betweenthe outer end of'the member I) and the thick end of the por-.

1. A l-inotype-mold, comprising cap and bod portions and a compositeliner variable in t ickness, substantially as shown.

2. A linoty )e-mold comprising a liner variable in thickness and inlehgth, substantially as described.

3. A liner for a varied in thickness.

4. A linotype-mold consisting of cap and body portions and anintermediate liner consisting of a fixed member and two separable ingwith the fixed member, substantially as shown. v

in testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribiing witnesses.

LEWIS WARD.

Witnesses:

PAUL BROWN, J. G. MILTNER.

linotype-mold, comprising aplurality of separable sections, seated oneupon another, whereby it may be definitely 6o longitudinally-movablemembers cooperat-

